One Lane Bridge, produced by Great Southern Television, premiered on TVNZ on Monday this week and should air on Seven in Australia later this year. Here is the trailer (starts at 0:19 mark).
Debuted to 522,800 Viewers according to NZ on Air. Will be interesting to see how many stuck around for episode 2.
It isnât really Air NZâs 80th anniversary. Itâs 80 years since TEAL began, a precursor to Air NZ.
Air NZ as a brand has only existed 55 years, the current company was formed in 1989 when it was privatised (but has had many different owners and forms before that).
Itâs kinda like saying Spark (formerly Telecom here in NZ) is over 100 years old because it used to be the P&T Board. Happy 139th birthday Spark!
I also donât really get the issue being raised either. Just because itâs their birthday isnât any reason not to show it.
371,100 for ep 2.
God, dramas do not even get 371,000 in Australiaâs top 5 markets with 16 million people.
Has FTA not declined and fragmented as much in NZ as Australia?
Yeah, completely different market. The multichannels that came into the market in Australia never really happened here (TVNZ has had a few goes at it but only has 1 Multi (Duke), outside of time shifted channels), Three has Bravo but that was a rebrand of TV4, while Three Life (lifestyle and DIY channel) shut down a month ago and was replaced with music video channels.
TVNZ1 still dominates the 5+ market and has done quite well at future proofing with its online offerings as well.
Why donât multis work in NZ?
Mix of things. TVNZ never quite got the pitch on them right or theyâve never been able to fund them sufficiently (Some were public service channels funded by govt but then the tap got turned off).
Itâs also a much much smaller ad market so harder to justify as many channels.
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Plus the marketâs already scattered with little independent channels, so thereâs few niches left to fill.
Not quite, but yeah, same LCN. Very different programming from what was on FOUR
Weâve got 3 different religious channels, about the same Chinese channels, and Indian channel, some local channels, lifestyle &c &c &c⌠There isnât really room for fragmentation, at least, at a profit.
Sommet Sports lasted, what, 18 months; Stratos never really took off; weâve had shopping channels open and close⌠but these were all independent of the main networks. I wonder what would have happened if the main companies went to market first, rather than relying on Govt money (TVNZ6, TVNZ7), perhaps things would be different.
I imagine +HR=E Lifeâs failure had more to do with Choice already having had 5+ years to become embedded (apart from the shows Three poached from them), and now theyâre owned by Discovery, perhaps MediaWorks didnât want to take them on so bluntly?
Yep, different marketplace.
Here is some of the new FTA classifications in use on TVNZ 1 & 2, Three and Duke.
Having FTA similar to film classifications is a good idea imo but the restricted descriptions shortened to 16L - M VC - 16 VC look ridiculous!
THREEâS THE BLOCK NZ POSTPONED TO 2021
MediaWorks has made the difficult decision to postpone hit show The Block NZ until 2021.
Director of TV Content, Ben Quinn, said that as we continue to fight COVID-19 it was necessary to postpone The Block NZ until next year.
âProduction on The Block NZ has been on hold since the end of March following the Governmentâs move to Alert Level 4 lockdown. These significant time delays combined with the high level of uncertainty in the coming months for all stakeholders means we simply cannot commit to a typical production schedule.â
âWhile this is a difficult decision, it is the right one in order to protect our business partners and brands.
âWe are making plans with The Block NZâs partners on ways we can continue to work together this year.â
MediaWorks is planning for The Block NZ to resume production next year with the same contestants and same properties that had been prepared for the 2020 season.
The Block NZ joins Dancing with the Stars NZ in not being made or aired in 2020 due to COVID-19 and its effects.
Just cancel it.
Anyway, I just noticed that juice tv still exists⌠on kordia.tv just watch it on a hotel tv 
Wonder how long theyâll keep The AM Show going. No idea on ratings numbers but in MediaWorksâ latest update to advertisers they mention ratings growth for their news shows including The Project, AM didnât get a mention. TVNZ a few weeks back were highlighting gains for Bfast so that gives an idea and why Garner & Richardson are talking so much shit lately.
Itâs just depressing to watch now. Nothing to do with their politics, I used to enjoy the show but way too negative now imo. Interested to hear what others thinkâŚ
Agree. I was wondering why Richardson was saying heâd make a better PM⌠his showâs canned due to Corona
I used to enjoy the show when it started. Iâd watch that instead of Breakfast in 2017. Now itâs some sort of wannabe Fox News show. Breakfast is a much better offering and clearly the audience reflects this.
I used to enjoy Duncan Garner on TV/Radio once upon a time but he has become increasingly negative over the years. I guess this is what happens when your also on radio and Mike Hosking is your competition is that space.
The vibe on Breakfast is so different and more positive and I am so pleased TVNZ added John Campbell to the team.